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Find out more about SSE

At SSE, our job is to provide the energy people need in a reliable and sustainable way. We're involved in producing, distributing and supplying electricity and gas and we provide other energy-related services as well. SSE is the only company listed on the London Stock Exchange involved in such a wide range of energy businesses.

At a glance

Our strategy

SSE's strategy is to deliver the efficient operation of, and investment in, a balanced range of economically-regulated and market-based businesses in energy production, storage, transmission, distribution, supply and related services in the energy markets in Great Britain and Ireland.

Energy policy

Having contributed more than £7billion to the Scottish economy over the past five years, we plan to invest a further £6 billion across the Group in the years to 2020 – a significant portion in Scotland.

One of Theresa May’s first actions as Prime Minister was creating a new department and tasking it with devising an industrial strategy for modern Britain. I’ll be looking for two things when it’s delivered this week. Can it provide stability at a time of change? And does it succeed in harnessing the resources of the UK as a whole?

2016 was a busy year for SSE. We announced around £6bn of investment in the GB and Irish energy markets, made a final investment decision on our largest ever project the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm, and our biggest ever project in Networks, the Caithness Moray transmission project, continued to progress well.

Ahead of SSE entering its close period on 28 September, our Chief Executive Alistair Phillips-Davies has written to Greg Clark MP, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, outlining the company’s views on the implications for energy consumers following the UK’s decision to vote to leave the European Union.

SSE Chief Executive Alistair Phillips-Davies will today meet with leading figures from across the European energy industry to discuss opportunities and challenges in the progress towards low carbon economies.